Family planning in Uganda still has a big challenge of causing side effects to women who embrace them, such as headaches, dizziness, over-bleeding, missing periods temporarily, and weight gain or loss.
"Family planning must be explained to people since in its methods they mainly use drugs and most drugs cause side effects where people react differently. We need to sensitise people, that when they get side effects, they inform the health workers and get solutions, since all the side effects [are] reversible," Dr Jotham Musinguzi, the director general, National Population Council, said.
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